REG - JPMorgan Sec.Plc Spectris PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Spectris plc Amend
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RNS Number : 2298Q JPMorgan Securities Plc 08 July 2025
AMENDMENT
FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)
PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH RECOGNISED
INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY
Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1. KEY INFORMATION
(a) Name of exempt principal trader: J.P. Morgan Securities Plc
(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form Spectris plc
relates:
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is Financial advisor to KKR & CO INV.
connected:
(d) Date dealing undertaken: 3 July 2025
(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader N/A
making disclosures in respect of any other party to this offer?
If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"
2. DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities
of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as
appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.
The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.
(a) Purchases and sales
Class of relevant security Purchases/ sales Total number of securities Highest price per unit paid/received Lowest price per unit paid/received
5p ordinary Purchase 196,265 40.0014 GBP 39.7877 GBP
Sale 262,494 40.0000 GBP 39.7718 GBP
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of relevant security Product description Nature of dealing Number of reference securities Price per unit
e.g. CFD e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short
position
5p ordinary Equity Swap Decrease Long 1,261 39.8082 GBP
382 39.8119 GBP
1,167 39.8151 GBP
1,836 39.8232 GBP
1,098 39.8235 GBP
1,694 39.8426 GBP
52 39.8948 GBP
552 39.9322 GBP
33,356 40.0000 GBP
3 40.0028 GBP
Decrease Short 12 39.7960 GBP
8 39.8160 GBP
67 39.8187 GBP
1,901 39.8267 GBP
1,361 39.8414 GBP
35 39.8440 GBP
576 39.8521 GBP
43 39.8885 GBP
5 39.9160 GBP
1,000 39.9972 GBP
789 39.9994 GBP
Increase Long 7,201 39.8114 GBP
800 39.8160 GBP
5,524 39.8225 GBP
6,620 39.8321 GBP
3,600 39.8324 GBP
13 39.8354 GBP
282 39.8639 GBP
30 39.9235 GBP
7,391 39.9695 GBP
6,488 39.9920 GBP
9 39.9982 GBP
Increase Short 25,000 39.8030 GBP
25,000 39.8199 GBP
5 39.8240 GBP
909 39.8257 GBP
39 39.8430 GBP
2,548 39.8431 GBP
2 39.8440 GBP
7,638 39.8594 GBP
115 39.8595 GBP
15,511 39.8839 GBP
1,726 39.9126 GBP
5,633 39.9221 GBP
252 40.0006 GBP
2,053 40.0014 GBP
38 40.0040 GBP
(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class of relevant security Product description e.g. call option Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc. Number of securities to which option relates Exercise price per unit Type Expiry date Option money paid/ received per unit
e.g. American, European etc.
(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security Product description Exercising/ exercised against Number of securities Exercise price per unit
e.g. call option
(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant security Nature of dealing Details Price per unit (if applicable)
e.g. subscription, conversion
3. OTHER INFORMATION
(a) Indemnity and other dealing arrangements
Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or
understanding, formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may
be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt
principal trader making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any
person acting in concert with a party to the offer:
Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If
there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"
None
(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to
options or derivatives
Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal,
between the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any other person
relating to:
(i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or
(ii) the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant
securities to which any derivative is referenced:
If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"
None
Date of disclosure: 8 July 2025
Contact name: Hetvi Shah
Telephone number: 44 2034 936359
Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory
Information Service.
The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation
to the Code's dealing disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.
The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk
(http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk) .
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